FL FL - Dock Thompson Jr, 23, Tallahassee, 9 Feb 1989

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Dock Odell Thompson, Jr.

Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: Black / African American
Missing Age: 23 Years
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 140 lbs

Date of Last Contact: February 9, 1989
Missing From: Tallahassee, Florida

Circumstances of Disappearance: He was last seen at their Texaco service station in the 1200 block of Jackson Bluff Road in Tallahassee, Florida on February 9, 1989.

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So he went missing with his father Dock Odell Thompson Jr. – The Charley Project

Dock Jr., circa 1989

• Missing Since02/09/1989
• Missing FromTallahassee, Florida
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexMale
• RaceBlack
• Date of Birth08/16/1965 (57)
• Age23 years old
• Height and Weight5'8, 140 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American male. Black hair, brown eyes.
• Dock Jr. disappeared with his father, Dock Thompson Sr. They were last seen at their Texaco service station in the 1200 block of Jackson Bluff Road in Tallahassee, Florida on February 9, 1989. Robert Lee Lindsey, a Tallahassee contractor, was the last person known to have seen them.
  
  Earlier, Dock Sr. had lent Lindsey $25,000. Lindsey wrote $5,000 worth of checks towards the loan, as well as checks to other investors and suppliers, but the checks bounced and he'd been arrested. On February 9, he showed up at the Thompsons' service station and told Dock Sr. he would repay the full amount if Dock Sr. would leave with him. Dock Sr. agreed and the two men left together in Lindsey's van.
  
  Later, Lindsey came back alone and told Dock Jr. they needed his signature on some loan documents. He says he left both men at the corner of Circle Drive and Highway 90 in Quincy, Florida. Neither of the Thompsons have ever been heard from again. A few hours after he left with Dock Jr., Lindsey returned to the service station and said they wouldn't be returning to work that day.
  
  Dock Jr. is a former student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia; he had studied engineering there. He returned from Atlanta to Tallahassee shortly before his disappearance. He planned to go back to Atlanta and enroll in Georgia Tech. The family's friends described the Thompsons as a tight-knit and religious family.
  
  Dock Sr. usually traveled armed, and never alone. His associates stated it would be uncharacteristic of him to get into Lindsey's van unless he had control of the situation. Police believe Lindsey knows more about the Thompsons' cases than he will admit.
  
  Foul play is suspected in the Thompsons' cases. A private detective who investigated their disappearances thinks their bodies may have been dumped in a mine shaft in the Quincy or Gretna, Florida areas. Their cases remain unsolved.

 

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Dock Thompson Sr

Dock Sr., circa 1989

• Missing Since02/09/1989
• Missing FromTallahassee, Florida
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexMale
• RaceBlack
• Date of Birth04/07/1939 (83)
• Age49 years old
• Height and Weight5'7, 145 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Dock Thompson Sr. – The Charley Project